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OPINION

Letter: Eager for more insights into black history

We join Carol Currie in praising the NC Room at Pack Memorial Library, local historian Pat Fitzpatrick, and the speakers who reminisced about North Asheville’s history. However, not mentioned in her report was a speaker who, to us, was the most illuminating and engaging on the panel, Cissy Dendy.

Ms. Dendy, the only African-American to speak, showed slides of and spoke about the significant African-Americans who lived just on her street alone, Madison Avenue. She told of individuals in the arts, education, and faith community who made important and rich contributions to Asheville’s history. Perhaps Ms. Dendy's talk, and the recent mounting of the plaque honoring James Vester Miller at the Municipal Building, indicate a long overdue and growing appreciation by the whole community for local African American history.